elagg



(No Model.) l

A T. J. FLAGG: v Neo-kscarf. 4 `No. 23'1,'006,. Patented Jan. 25; v18.81.

INVENTUR,

ratones J. Etneo, 0F

Nnyv yann, N. Y., Assienon 'ro Fisk, einen a FLAGG, SAME PLACE.

NEGKSCABF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,006, dated January 25, 1881.

" y y Application tied november 9,1380. (Nmoaeii .To all whom t may concern Be it 'known 'that I,T1`1oMAs J. FLAGG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckscarfs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact vdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to the shield or stift'- ening-piece for made-up neck scarfs and ties. It has for its object the production of a neater fit and better form for the scarf or tie upon the neck; and it consists in forming one or more joints or flexible lines in the shield or stiffening-piece, so that while affording rm support in one direction the shield will freely yield in another.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of the reverse or under side of a scarf tted with my improved shield constructed in two sections, Fig. 2 being a front elevation of the same scarf. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of a detached shield upon an enlarged scale, illustrating one mode of constructing the same, Fig. 4 being a similar View of a shield whose sections are hinged together by its lining or covering-piece. Fig. 5 illustrates myimproved shield constructed with a plurality of sections, defined by indentations in the Amaterial composing it, and applied to a wide form of madeup scarf.

The improved shield may be formed by cutting up an ordinary shield of prepared cardboard or other suitable material into two or more sections, and then uniting these sections by flexible strips which form hinged joints, or by perforating, indenting, or otherwise reducin g the thickness or stiffness ofthe material in lines which shall serve to separate the several sections and form a joint or hinged connection between them. The sections are ordinarily arranged to extend parallel to the length of the scarf, so that the scarf, although stili'- ened and supported vertically by the iexible shield, is free to yield laterally and conform to the neck.

In the drawings, A A represent the scarf,

B, the sectional or iiexible shield 5 D, the neckband, engaging the shield at or near its upper corners.

The shield B, Fig. l, is composed simply of two sections, cc, which, bein g jointed together, will constitute a ystifening-piece adapted to the sca'rf The sections c c are made of Water-proof pasteboard, thin metal, or other material commonly used for this purpose. They are preferably lined or covered with a suitable lining fabric, which, in such case, may be carried in one piece over both sections, so that when stitched orotherwise secured thereto it will itself form the hinge between them, as shown in Fig. 4, or they may be separately lined or nished without lining, and be hinged together by a distinct strip, e, Fig. 3, covering the joint; or the shield may be constructed of one piece of material separated into sections by one or more indented lines constituting the necessary exible joints, as shown in Fig. 5.

The jointed shield B, when made in two sections, is especially adapted for narrow scarfs constructed in imitation of a tie, the joint or line of flexion in the shield producing a slight fold in the upper end of the scarf, when it is drawn and secured by the neck-band, (see Fig. 2,) which causes it to resemble the more closely a tied scarf, and relieves its upper edge ofthe stiffness ordinarily found in such made up scarfs.

A recess, f, is formed centrally at the upper end of the shield by cutting away, slightly, the corners of its two sections to receive and embrace the collar-button of the wearer, and the tie is thereby prevented from riding up upon the collar or moving from side to side.

For wider scarfs, and especially flat searfs of all descriptions, it is advisable to divide the shield into several sections, which, being united together by flexible joints, constitute a single exible shield, as shown in Fig. 5.

It is evident that my invention is adapted to shields of all shapes and sizes, and I contemplate its use with any and all descriptions of made-up scarfs.

Various methods of producing aiiexible joint between the sections of the shield suggest themselves-as, for instance, by perforating or scoring the material thereof, or otherwise reducing its stit'ness or thickness in lines which will then serve to Separate the sections and form the desired idexihle joint between them, and I contemplate all known methods ot' producing a hinged or flexible connection between the divisions of the shield, as well as the use of any suitable material in its manufacture.

I am aware that scart' tops or headings have heen constructed of pasteboard or its equivalent, with side flaps to be folded inward, in the construction of a scarf therewith; but these aps are fastened in a tixed position after being folded, the shield or stitfl'ening-pieee remaining intiexible in the tinished scarf. My invention contemplates a jointed or hin ged Shield or heading for the senrt which shall yield and bend at thejoint whenever it is ad jnsted upon the neck ofthe wearer.

l. A Shield or sti'ening-piece for neck ties and scarfs, provided with one or morejoints or creases therein, formed and adapted to permit a play or flexion of the shield when in use, substantial] v as and for the purpose `herein set forth.

L'. The combination, in a. single shield or stiening-piece for made-up neck ties and searfs, ot' independent sections hinged or jointed together by a dexible connection, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The combination, with a made-up scarf, and with its neckband, of a shield or stif'ening-piece made exible by one or more joints therein, and adapted to be conformed to the neck of the wearer by means of the neckbaind, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speeitieaton in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOS. J. FLAGG.

Witnesses:

HENRY K. THOMAS, J. F. Acknn, Jr. 

